The seat vacated by Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist was won in an incredibly heated race by Republican Bob Corker. Corker appears to be the victor with 51 percent of the vote. His win gave Republicans a win in the struggle to keep control of the Senate.
Corker’s conservative views were evident in his campaigning.
“As Senator, I would support the confirmation of judges who will interpret laws, not create them,” he said on his campaign Web site. “I will support parental-consent requirements, a ban on partial-birth abortion, and a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion. I also support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.”
Corker, the former mayor of Chattanooga, defeated Democrat Harold Ford.
